Hear no more evil…

dabrye feat. wildchild - the stand (mp3)

antonio adolfo - cascavel (mp3)

tyrone washington - submission (mp3)

umod - tromboline (mp3)

john martyn - i don’t want to know (mp3)

it’s official, after two and a half years, september 6th will be the last ever hear no evil at common. the monkey will be no more, as he has decided to pack his bags and move back to south america to hunt for a mate. it is a shame, however, all good things (and some rubbish things) must come to an end. so, i thought i would mark the occasion with a mammoth style blog featuring some hear no evil classic spins.

kicking things off is the probably the most-played dabrye record at common ever! “the stand” is the opening to dabrye’s seminal second album “two/three”, highlighting how much hip-hop had starting regurgatating itself, as well as acting as a wake-up call for hip-hop producers that it could still evolve. i remember when i bought the album, there was a sticker on the front with a quote that read: “when dabrye is this far ahead of the game, he can afford to take his time…”
how true this is.

the second nugget is a brazilian jazz dance classic from antonio adolfo. taken from the lp “vira lata” and recently featured on gilles peterson’s second brazil compilation, this tune is pure magic.

the third in this little selection is another one of those ‘ryan tunes’ that people either love, or completely hate (i.e. jonny volume). tyrone washington’s much sampled “submission” is taken from the “roots” lp and is in my all time favourites list, without a doubt. i played this last year at d-percussion. seeing so many people going mental over a tune like this late at night under a railway arch was one of the best moments of my life.

following that is by bedford main man, dominic stanton, under his umod guise. domu (as he is most commonly known) knocked this project together in next to no time, with the whole album (entitled “enter the umod”) allegedly being completed in a week! top stuff from one of the uk’s finest electronic music producers and a real treat for the club too!

coming in last, but by no means least, is a stone cold classic from surrey-born blues/folk/blue-eyed soul singer-songwriter john martyn. this is such a beautiful record that it is hard to describe in words, starting off soft and sweet and ended up stomping and heartfelt. i have a feeling this may be the final track played at hear no evil.

the monkey is dead. long live the monkey.

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